EAA Sport Aviation - February 2011

SEE THE BEST OF THE BEST AT OSHKOSH

PILOTS WHO PERFORM AT the daily Oshkosh air shows are
headliners, and they come together at AirVenture for an all-star
roster of the best of the best.

Among the confirmed performers are Chuck Aaron and his Red Bull aerobatic helicopter; Kirby Chambliss and his Edge; the AeroShell Aerobatic Team; and Matt Younkin and his Twin Beech. Also scheduled are the Warbirds Spectacular, the Airshow Aces, featuring Gene Soucy with Kent and Warren Pietsch performing

an old-style barnstorming act, and Team Chaos, a modification of the wildly popular Masters of Disasters act of years past.

Additionally, the dazzling night air show and fireworks return on Saturday, July 30, to thrill attendees with a mix of aerobatics and pyrotechnics, all musically choreographed. Daily schedules will be finalized in the weeks prior to EAA AirVenture.

Learn more at www.AirVenture.org.

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JOIN IN HONORING BOB HOOVER

NATIONAL AVIATION HALL OF FAMER Robert A.

“Bob” Hoover, EAA 21285, will be honored during AirVenture 2011 on July 26. His outstanding air racing and air show career will be highlighted, most notably his air show performances in a Shrike Commander and P- 51 Mustang, along with heroic service to his country. EAA’s Tribute to Bob Hoover Day will feature an afternoon air show with many of the legendary aircraft he flew.

After flying 59 missions in World War II and famously escaping a POW camp by commandeering a German Focke-Wulf 190, Hoover became a test pilot, flying aircraft ranging from the Lockheed P- 80 Shooting Star to the Northrop N9M flying wing. He also worked with Chuck Yeager on the X- 1 project, serving as backup pilot, and was flying chase when Yeager broke the sound barrier.

In perhaps his most memorable maneuver in the Shrike Commander, Hoover would shut down both engines and execute a loop and an eight-point hesitation slow roll as he headed back to the runway, where he touched down on one tire, then the other.